#8CB72B#8CB72B

#8CB72B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.168 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB72B
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -33.80, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 70.25, 118.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0979 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.168 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1849, 39.6164, 8.4469)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB72B #562BB7

analogous

#B79C2B #8CB72B #46B72B

triadic

#8CB72B #2B8CB7 #B72B8C

tetradic

#8CB72B #2BB79C #562BB7 #B72B46

square

#8CB72B #2BB79C #562BB7 #B72B46

split-complementary

#8CB72B #2B46B7 #9C2BB7

monochromatic

#405414 #66851F #8CB72B #AAD54B #C2E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#8CB72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB72B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB72B	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.168 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cc70',
    500: '#8cb72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb72b;
$custom-light: #b2cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB72B

secondary

#8F75C9

accent

#43E575

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB72B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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